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A visit to George Cadbury's model village of Bournville – archive, 1901https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/sep/23/george-cadbury-model-village-bournville-birmingham
<p><strong>23 September 1901: </strong>The Cadbury brothers not only built a new factory but they tried to improve the lives of their workers by providing decent housing<br></p><p><strong> <br></strong></p><p><strong>Birmingham, Saturday night.</strong><br>At today’s sitting of the Garden City Conference, <a href="http://www.quakersintheworld.org/quakers-in-action/270">George Cadbury</a> gave some account of the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2009/oct/03/lets-move-to-bournville-birmingham">Bournville</a> Village Trust. <br></p><p>He has taught for more than forty years a Sunday morning men’s Bible class in Birmingham. Through this class he has learned to know the life histories and struggles of hundreds of men, and in the effort to help them to a better life he again and again encountered the barrier caused by their surroundings. Setting himself resolutely to face the problem, he decided that the most hopeful solution of it was to give an opportunity for the people to relieve from the squalor and temptations of the city and settle amidst the wholesome, helpful sights and sounds of country life. <br></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/sep/23/george-cadbury-model-village-bournville-birmingham">Continue reading...</a>BirminghamCadburyWork & careersWork-life balancePhilanthropyHousingChocolateFri, 23 Sep 2016 04:00:30 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/sep/23/george-cadbury-model-village-bournville-birminghamPhotograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesFrom our Special Correspondent2016-09-23T04:00:30ZWartime sugar rationing finally ends - sweet!: From the Guardian archive, 6 Feb 1953https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/feb/06/sugar-chocolate-sweets-war-rations
Once again confectionery shops can fill their shelves with sugary treats<p>Careless of spoiling their dinners, and mortgaging their Saturday pennies for weeks ahead, children flocked into the sweet shops on their way home from school yesterday - the first day of unrationed confectionery. Cheapness, bulk, and durability seemed to be the chief criteria for Manchester school-children and toffee apples the most popularly acclaimed repository of all the vital virtues. Sticks of nougat were a close second because "they last for ages." and liquorice strips well favoured since uneaten portions can "be saved up to make grog."</p><p>Sweets sold by weight, like caramels and chocolate drops, seemed less popuIar perhaps because these are the kind the children are used to having bought for them. One boy said buying sweets in bags was "sissy " but another defended them on the grounds that they were easier to suck in school than toffee apples. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/feb/06/sugar-chocolate-sweets-war-rations">Continue reading...</a>ChildrenSecond world warFood & drinkChocolateManchesterWed, 06 Feb 2013 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/feb/06/sugar-chocolate-sweets-war-rationsPhotograph: Murdo MacleodEdinburgh Rock sweets in Casey's sweet shop in St Mary's Street in Edinburgh Photograph: Murdo MacleodPhotograph: Murdo MacleodEdinburgh Rock sweets in Casey's sweet shop in St Mary's Street in Edinburgh Photograph: Murdo MacleodGuardian Staff2013-02-06T07:00:00Z